The 50 best films of 2025: No 20 to No 11
We continue our countdown of our favourite movies released in Ireland this year
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Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist has architects up in arms – but they’re missing the point
Ignore all the whingers. Go to see the excellent The Brutalist. Take along an architect you hate. The film is 3½ hours long. They might actually explode with fury
Oscars 2025 nominations today: What are the chances for Kneecap, Saoirse Ronan and Cillian Murphy?
Saoirse Ronan, Cillian Murphy and Paul Mescal have struggled this awards season. Only a miracle will see an Irish actor get an Oscar nod
Maria review: Angelina Jolie captures the tragic glamour of Maria Callas in a masterly portrayal of the opera star
Pablo Larraín’s film attempts to grasp the real human while wallowing in the gorgeousness of it all
Golden Globes 2025: full list of winners
The Brutalist, Emilia Pérez and Shōgun triumph at the Golden Globes as Colin Farrell wins third award
Angelina Jolie: ‘It’s usually just me alone with my kids. I actually have quite a private life’
To play Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s new film, the star is drawing on her own experience of fame. But she’s far more ordinary than you might think, she says
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reach divorce settlement after eight-year bitter dispute
Jolie filed for divorce in 2016 after she alleged Pitt was abusive to their children
Golden Globes 2025: full list of nominations
Musical thriller Emilia Pérez and historical epic The Brutalist led the pack of films nominated, with Emilia Pérez earning 10 nods and The Brutalist gaining seven
Clooney, Kidman, Pitt and Jolie lit up the Venice Lido. Which of their films will scoop the Golden Lion?
Venice International Film Festival 2024: One film immediately became deserved favourite for the top prize – which means it will almost certainly lose
Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett are all at the Venice film festival. What’s odd is why some of them are here
They’re not in the main competition. None is opening the Italian festival. Why? Because they’re all here with television series
First Look: As Maria Callas, Angelina Jolie finally has the starring role she deserves
Venice International Film Festival 2024: Angelina Jolie gives a heart-clutchingly sad performance in a hypnotic film from Pablo Larraín
Venice film festival 2024: Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Lady Gaga among stellar line-up
Todd Phillips’s Joker: Folie à Deux, starring Joaquin Phoenix, lands as the flashiest film in competition
Tony Awards 2024: Daniel Radcliffe and Irish lighting designer Jane Cox among the winners
Cox, who is based in the United States, won the award for her work on Appropriate
Mr & Mrs Smith review: Sharon Horgan makes a cameo in this joyless clunker
Television: Donald Glover’s dour thriller is blunt reminder that some things are best left in the past
Angelina Jolie to step down as UN refugee ambassador after more than 20 years
Oscar-winning actor admires refugees ‘most in the world’ and will work with 'people directly affected by conflict’
Angelina Jolie alleges Brad Pitt physically and emotionally abused her and their children
Pitt sued Jolie in February alleging she violated his ‘contractual expectations’ when selling stake in winery
The Hollywood stars who cosied up to Vladimir Putin
Actors such as Leonardo DiCaprio were once happy to hang with the Russian leader
Brad Pitt sues ex-wife Angelina Jolie for selling stake in French winery
Russian businessman purchases stake in winery where couple were married in 2014
Tilda Swinton: ‘I lived through my 20s in a whole queer environment’
The actor talks about her years with Derek Jarman and reveals plans for a career change
How do you say 'soft day, thank God' in ancient Babylonian?
Trinity academic Dr Martin Worthington translated dead language for Marvel film Eternals
Eternals: Po-faced superhero entertainment
Review: The sluggishness and drabness of Marvel’s latest is unforgivable
Angelina Jolie: ‘It took a lot for me to separate from the father of my children’
The actor speaks about her divorce from Brad Pitt, activism and escaping Weinstein
Divorces of the rich and famous: A 1% solution or the start of a trend?
As recent high-profile splits end ‘amicably’, the less well-known may follow in their footsteps
From Saoirse Ronan’s Ammonite to Spielberg’s West Side Story, 50 films to watch in 2021 (we hope)
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a traffic jam of anticipated films for this year
Scientist and inventor (15) named Time magazine’s Kid of the Year
Gitanjali Rao invented Chrome-extension that uses AI to detect cyberbullying
Kony’s children: The former child soldiers of Uganda
Dominic Ongwen faces a war-crimes verdict in January. For some Ugandans his story isn’t simple
Five takeaways from this week’s Republican National Convention
TV flair and production were to fore as Trump drew on family and voter-group testimony
Melania Trump: ‘A sphinx with a rubber eraser in place of a tail’
A new book, The Art of Her Deal, tries to shed light on the enigmatic US first lady
Dublin International Film Festival 2020: Memorable matriarchal themes
Writer, actor and activist John Connors has two directorial efforts in the festival
Johnnie Fox’s sees ‘a few cancellations’ over coronavirus fears
Well-known Dublin pub and tourist attraction had profits of almost €400,000 last year
Le Mans ’66: ‘If the sponsors are staying away, we’ve done something right’
Le Mans ’66 director James Mangold on Scorsese, the Marvel controversy and the state of film
Legal group that aids child immigrants to set up Irish pilot
Kind, founded by Angelina Jolie and Microsoft, has provided support to 22,000 children in US
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Angelina Jolie isn’t cruel enough
Review: A dreary, woke subplot sends Maleficent to a hidden kingdom to express herself
Boris Johnson: George Clooney film was 'probably my idea'
British prime minister reveals he pitched an Indiana Jones-style adventure to ‘a very distinguished director’
Brad Pitt: ‘I just bonged myself into oblivion’
The actor talks frankly about his future onscreen, masculinity and getting sober
Sarajevo Film Festival: A quarter century of big names, tears and awards
From war-zone beginnings, the event is now a cornerstone for the global film industry
Who in politics and entertainment do Irish people admire the most?
Michelle Obama and David Attenborough come top of new poll
‘I’ll never sleep again and it’s all Will Smith’s fault’: Guy Ritchie and the Aladdin fallout
Hate Disney’s trailer? You’re one of a growing number of strangely frustrated film fans
Harvey Weinstein sex charges: Court battle enters a new phase
The former film mogul, facing a landmark trial, has recruited a tough new legal team
Genetic testing: A difficult choice for some, but knowledge is power
Only a small number of people who are eligible for predictive testing actually take it up
No need to be left behind: Supports are shedding the stigma of being left-handed
Lefties face extra challenges in class but there are many ways to aid their development
Apple buys animated film from Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon
Studio is best known The Breadwinner, Song of the Sea and The Secret of Kells films
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News, views and opinions from Student Hub contributors and Irish Times writers
Nora Twomey: From school drop-out to Oscar nominee
Ballyfermot College of Further Education graduate: ‘There are no straight lines in life’
Can you raise a gender-neutral child? Meet the parents who do
Number of parents interested in exploring different approaches is growing
Ewan McGregor: ‘I have been living a midlife crisis since my teens’
‘If you always wanted a convertible and you get one then why should we demean that?’
Brad Pitt rejects Angelina Jolie’s claims he failed to support his children
Actor accused his estranged wife of manipulating the media in their drawn-out divorce
After Ocean’s 8, give Reservoir Dogs an all-female makeover
Donald Clarke: And then The Shawshank Redemption, The Sting and 12 Angry Women
Angelina Jolie, the Breadwinner and me. By Nora Twomey
The co-founder of Cartoon Saloon on teaming up with the A-list star for their Oscar-nominated animation, and using cartoons to help children make sense of the world
Meghan Markle, the biggest influencer of all
She may have deleted all her social media accounts, but ‘people globally are glued to her’
The Bill Cosby verdict: has #MeToo had an impact on juries?
Analysis: American comedian’s conviction shows shift in ‘norms of accountability’
Walton Goggins: ‘I’m very grateful Quentin Tarantino saw something in me’
The actor, who made his breakthrough in The Hateful Eight, puts the same thought into his Tomb Raider character that another actor might reserve for Richard III
Tomb Raider: Stand upwind. It’s the first stinker of 2018
Review: Delicate, non-English-sounding Alicia Vikander is wildly miscast as Lara Croft
Róisín Meets: Could it be third time Oscar lucky for Nora Twomey?
The Cartoon Saloon director talks to Róisín Ingle about The Breadwinner, dressing for the Oscars and working with Angelina Jolie
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